238 Borges the Poet Se eae A eee eR ma SEtie ee MTT aay SE a emai Borges the Poet Bd, Carlos Cortinez Fayetteville: The University of ‘Arkansas Press, 1986 MARIA LUISA BASTOS. ‘Translated with Daniel Balderston Whitman as inscribed in Borges For many gers felie hat etre hich lt infil, on mn, Yow shal en iden ter fom your ae wns For the last sinty yeas, the iteratre of Borges an unending tet, has been unfolding the variants, the arrangement, the enthusiasms con ‘red ini ist books, Tautological, es Gullermo Sucre observed when ‘Commenting on Elo dela sombre (i Prae of Dares), Borges latest books return to the fist Borges, bringing Min into a new focus, ih iia and reveling him © us" "At the beginning ofthat tex, the Sent of which i characterized by movement, and which predicts fom the start it future versions, those ‘who wall become familiar presences for Borges’ readers are already there. ‘They are inthe to books he has refused 4 republish Ingus- ‘ions and Elana demi exproas—in is st he Volumes of poetry, Sha in Discus. Familiar presences sav material whichis predictable because it is constant, but whichis also endowed with potentially in- Finite generative power The most adequate synccdoches of those pres- toncesare the names: Torres VilaroeJoee Berkeley, Cansinos-Assens, Milton, Groussac, Faubere, Géngora, Quevedo, and Macedonio Fer- ‘nindez, Presence which Borges’ texts wil nt ony transform into abit ‘ut als ino surprise recognizable signs but alo secret taces. On the220 Borges the Pet ‘one hand, we want to recognize those traces even when strc speaking ‘they are not there or,on the other and, hey may be so intensely inter “wren into Borge writing that we pres over them without nating, For this reason, much as would occur with any of the names insribed in Borge texte, a record ofthe tes Whitman’ name occurs in his work ‘would be deceptive, would ineviably prove incomplete even if fr Brg, nuns aeoeAe Po aT by MLB 2 Eat emer eo," denen” Mi 8 ee tC Men Pot jn Spe Ln Rg ror Oe at, had MB "Va i Sgt ya Io eof Gand Sere Pre New Yr ‘te Ncdrn nayyah SFr ees Wha gs ean Sd ‘Brpesumestan reese Astrea egy SSS RARE ge ie ane pi No a attr Oh opt neon Ae Ent Tbe by ad Reker ntetasionssanenanjennreetecsint acne festa il Cron Boece Ae Abt php Toy arog BEDE isi lace cu an inane eta hcp insp® Cte [Deore Ma dye Cay sok Ta ances bagee iy side ha age ted on ian ac SRE ee hein manny polo cade et i 1 ot be ME 8 pen ctu ee ee rresemee sean, i 2 hee Ae at st Se ee nt rt tate Pah ress ese in Ar), Crna hry. Sen i Sel S08 7 peti hocr aheNea h Ec ne eet abner perenne Spanos mania tn eae oe esc See ect So Seer a oes SE ee Te Marin Lan Basin 293 Sate, ute, “Br eleop ata“ In Ra raat 78h ‘ian Yn ps sts. Tne ype us Boges: Boros Sie aes B- we Bang yt Lee of rid tl PrN ok The MoenBORGES the Poet Edited by Carlos Cortinez